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1000 Québécois French: 1000 examples of use (#945)

If you need a way to learn or review a large amount of material in Québécois French, if you have trouble understanding spoken Québécois French but don’t know what you’re supposed to be learning to...

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What does TAPETTE mean in relation to homosexuality? (#946)

In the Montréal edition of the 24 heures newspaper, an offensive word related to homosexuality came up in article where different public figures from Québec spoke out about homophobia. Sylvain...

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Informal Québécois usages: laitte, coloc, pas ben ben longtemps après, le fun...

On Urbania, Lysandre Nadeau writes about the approach of moving season — moving into a new apartment with a new coloc, that is. She writes: Le soleil est enfin arrivé au Québec. Pis quand il se pointe,...

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What’s the difference between the questions EN VEUX-TU? and M’EN VEUX-TU? (#948)

In the new downloadable OffQc book with 1000 examples of use, there are two example sentences that look alike but mean two very different things: En veux-tu? M’en veux-tu? En veux-tu? means Do you want...

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Ôte-toi de d’là! An informal pronunciation of DE LÀ heard in Québécois French...

Here’s an example of informal language that came up in a conversation: Ôte-toi de d’là. Get out of the way. Ôte-toi de d’là is an informal pronunciation of ôte-toi de là. Before we look at what’s going...

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How might IL EST EN sound when pronounced informally? (#950)

Informally, il est sounds like yé. So il est jeune will sound like yé jeune when said spontaneously in a conversation. But what about when the next word after est begins with a vowel, like in il est en...

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4 overheard items in French from conversations in Montréal (#951)

Here are 4 examples of French overheard in conversations in Montréal. You can scroll down for details about each one. 1. Y’est quasiment déchargé. 2. Moi, là, … 3. Ça s’peut! 4. Inquiétez-vous pas. 1....

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C’est l’heure de pointe… Play on words using the French word POINTE (#952)

I spotted this ad from the Yellow Pages in métro McGill, in Montréal. It’s promoting a phone app. The ad is on the wall beside a pizzeria on the floor above, just outside of the métro station. There’s...

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Friperie, gratteux, dépanneur… and yes, no, toaster! (#953)

In entry #952, we saw a wall ad from the Yellow Pages in métro McGill (image on right). The ad is promoting a phone app that helps people to find businesses in the area. In the ad, the French word...

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What’s the meaning of UNE COCHE AU-DESSUS? (#954)

Here’s another ad spotted in Montréal, this time from a mobile phone company. It reads: Notre réseau est une coche au-dessus. Notre service client est une coche plus haut. Et nos prix sont plusieurs...

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6 examples of French overheard in Montréal (#955)

Here’s some more overheard French today. Everything below was heard in Montréal. Y’a eu un accrochage. There’s been an accident. This is what someone said when two cars bumped into each other. Un...

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3 more examples of overheard French in Montréal (#956)

Here’s more overheard French from Montréal, carrying on from the 6 overheard items in French we looked at in the last post. Y’est grafigné. It’s scratched. A woman said this while looking at the bumper...

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Expression used in fast-food restaurant in Montréal: ça sera pas bien long...

After I ordered food at the counter in a fast-food restaurant in Montréal, the cashier told me my order wouldn’t be long in coming by saying this: Ça sera pas bien long. It won’t be very long. This...

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Forming the habit of listening to French (#958)

The best way to use OffQc and the downloadable books is in conjunction with lots of listening — TV, radio, films, etc., and, of course, speaking with francophones. OffQc isn’t meant to replace any of...

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Listen to Québécois French: short video using conversational language (#959)

In the video below, which is a car ad featuring Martin Matte, you’ll hear features of spoken language used in Québécois French that have come up in recent posts. Give it a listen. It’s short (30...

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Informal pronunciations of JE ME and JE TE in French (#960)

In the clip from yesterday with Martin Matte, we heard him say j’me fâche, which is an informal contraction of je me fâche. Can you hear the difference between je me fâche and j’me fâche? In j’me...

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Hear different features of informal Québécois French in this new video (#961)

Here’s another short clip. Try to listen first without consulting the text below. This video features Martin Matte again, like the last one from #959. This video will be added to the Listen section. —...

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Interdiction de fumer… et de vapoter (#962)

I saw this sign outside a building in Montréal: Interdiction de fumer et de vapoter à moins de 9 mètres de la porte. No smoking or vaping within 9 metres of the door. Vapoter means to smoke an...

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A look at some aspects of conversational and Québécois pronunciation (#963)

In the video from entry #961, we heard pas de chat (three syllables) pronounced as pas d’chat (two syllables). There are two things to look at here from pas d’chat. In spoken language, de can contract...

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Hear the verb POGNER used in a Québécois TV ad (#964)

Here’s a (questionable) car ad in which you’ll hear the informal verb pogner used. Can you make out the meaning of this verb here before checking the translation below? This video will be added to the...

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